In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.

For questions 6 to 10, choose correct answer from the lists.

Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people (6)

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on

in

at

Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic. There are (7)

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about

between

amoung

five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is (8)

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his

your

its

most famous city. Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called ‘Ben Nevis’. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there (9)

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is

were

was

many forests, but now there are only a (10)

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few

little

lot

. Scotland is only a small country, but it is quite beautiful.

3.

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts.

For following questions choose correct answer from the lists.

Alice Guy Blaché was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema whilst working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s. This was a period of great change in the cinema and Alice was the first to use many new inventions, (11)

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bringing

including

containing

supporting

sound and colour. In 1907 Alice (12)

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moved

ran

entered

transported

to New York where she started her own film company. She was (13)

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next

once

immediately

recently

successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were (14)

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after

down

behind

over

. When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody (15)

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remembered

realised

reminded

repeated

her name.

UFOs – do they exist? UFO is short for ‘unidentified flying object’. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers, (16)

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because

therefore

although

so

that is often the (17)

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look

shape

size

type

they are reported to be. The (18)

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last

next

first

oldest

„flying saucers“ were seen in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his claim decided it had been a trick of the light.Even people experienced at watching the sky, (19)

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like

that

so

such

as pilots, report seeing UFOs. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television (20)

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cameraman

director

actor

announcer

went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs. Scientists studying this phenomenon later discovered that in this case they were simply lights on boats out fishing.

4.

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

21. The teacher encouraged her students

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should write

write

wrote

to write

to an English pen-friend.

22. They spent a lot of time

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looking

for looking

to look

to looking

at the pictures in the museum.

23. Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to

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turn

come

end

go

wrong.

24.

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Except

Other

Besides

Apart

from Michael, all the group arrived on time.

25. She

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accused

complained

blamed

denied

her neighbour’s children for the broken window

26. As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went

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by

after

over

on

the homework with me.

27. Whether she’s a good actress or not is a

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matter

subject

point

case

of opinion.

28. The decorated roof of the ancient palace was

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built

carried

held

supported

up by four thin columns.

29. Would it

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agree

suit

like

fit

you if we came on Thursday?

30. This form

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doesn’t need

doesn’t have

needn’t

hasn’t got

be handed in until the end of the week.

31. If you make a mistake when you are writing, just

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cross

clear

do

wipe

it out with your pen.

32. Although our opinions on many things

select answer

differ

oppose

disagree

divide

, we’re good friends.

33. This product must be eaten

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by

before

within

under

two days of purchase.

34. The newspaper report contained

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many

another

an

a lot of

important information.

35. Have you considered

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move

to move

to be moving

moving

to London?

36. It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their